There is no dispute what Kelly McCrimmon’s job is: As the general manager of the Vegas Golden Knights, he’s charged with putting the best team possible on the ice. And given that his team has gone the Stanley Cup semifinals in three of its four years of existence, it’s been a job well done. And so the news, stunning as
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It wasn’t until I read his obituary, decades after I’d moved from Pittsburgh and years after he retired, that I knew former Pittsburgh Press and Post-Gazette sports columnist Phil Musick lived in the small town, Harmar Township, where I grew up. When Musick died at 71 on Jan. 5, 2010, I was saddened. He was one of the major influences
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Tiger Woods’ victory Sunday at the Tour Championship was historic. Making a return to the top of his profession after undergoing spinal fusion surgery and assorted other injuries that threatened to end his legendary career is something you just can’t make up. It was the 80th win of his PGA Tour career, second behind only Sam Snead’s 82. I was
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Rarely, if ever, has there been a successful, championship-level NHL team built largely through free agency. Even before the NHL instituted a salary cap, drafting and developing players was still the surefire way to build into a contender. As the Vegas Golden Knights head into their first offseason and the start of free agency looms, many in the team’s fan
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On a Friday afternoon in the middle of April in 2007, I received a phone call from Nick Khan, whom I had a few months earlier hired to be my agent. Khan is now with Creative Artists Agency and is one of the most powerful media agents in the business. He was working his way up in the media representation
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By Howard Stutz Special guest contributor My home office contains a small shrine to the Los Angeles Kings. Photos of me with Kings’ legends Luc Robitaille, Anze Kopitar, and Dave Taylor are displayed along with signed hockey cards from Jim Fox and Butch Goring. There are Robitaille and Fox bobbleheads, and other memorabilia. Two Stanley Cup Champion caps, from 2012
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The only thing that is wrong with the NHL is, well, the NHL. Hockey is great; playoff hockey is something you have to experience in order to understand it. But as great as hockey is, it’s not nearly as popular as it should be. It’s succeeded almost in spite of the Neanderthals who have run it forever and tried desperately
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Former Senator Harry Reid (2nd from right) meets with boxer Manny Pacquiao (center) and Bob Arum (far right). The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame announced a 14-member class on Thursday, and it includes some of the greatest fighters who ever lived. Of fighters from more recent vintage, Shane Mosley, Chris Byrd, Laila Ali and Kevin Kelley are going in as
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Deontay Wilder, the WBC heavyweight champion, was recently in the Yahoo Sports studios in Playa Vista, Calif., where he spoke with our Justin Perry about a variety of topics. One of them was the importance of unifying the titles in the heavyweight division. Wilder made the point that champions in other divisions who unify the belts often then move
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Marc-Andre Fleury in goal for the Vegas Golden Knights. (Photo by Kevin Iole) On the day the NHL schedule was released, I was excited about Feb. 6. That is the day that the Vegas Golden Knights go to Pittsburgh and play the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins. Anyone who knows me knows I’m a diehard Penguins fan. I’ve
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